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E. CASPER. TEMPORARY-EINEM.

No.4194,648. Y PatentedAug. 28,1877.

EDWARD cAsPER, or LONDON, ENGLAND, AssIeNoR To FRANcIs CLIFFORD DE LOUsADA, OF sAME PLAOE, AND WILLIAM DUNDAs sooirir MON- ORIEFF, OF GLASGO'V, SCOTLAND,

IMPROVEMENT IN TEWHPQRARV BINDERS.

Specification forming part ol Letters Patent No. Iriigtil, dated August 2S, 1877 application led August 1, 1877. Patented in England, December 12, 1876, for fourteen years.

To alt whom it may concern Beit known that I, EDWARD CASPER, of London, England, have invented certain im provements in Temporary Binders for retaining letters, bills, music, periodicals, and other papers or documents, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is the preserva tion of series of letters, bills, and other papers or documents in regular order, and in a manner admitting of individual papers being easily and conveniently referred to at any time with out interfering with their secure retention.

This object I attain 'by an improved construction of holder, hereinafter particularly described With reference to the accompanying` drawings, the essential and most distinctive feature of such holder being a clip, which, While itself fixed by a clanipingscrew at a point to suit the quantity of papers retained, is of such a form as, by such fixing operation, to have its compressing action on the papers increased. The clip compresses the parts ot' the papers near one edge, and has a Hap loosely attached to it to cover the papers, but' which can be easily turned back for reference to them.

Figure l is a face view of the holder. Fig. 2 is an edge view, and Fig. 3 is a back view.,

The holder consists of a back or stationary part and a movable part, the back being made up ofa board or p1ate,4, of mill-board or metal, or other suitable material, rigidly fixed te a strong piece, 5, of wood or metal, which has securely :fixed to it, orformed in the same piece with it, an erect or projecting piece, 6, torming a right angle with it. The movable part consists of a Hap, board, or plate, 7, ci millboard or metal, or other suitable material, attached by cloth or other flexible material, acting as a hinge to the clip 8 9, which consists ot' two parts nearly at angles to each other, and made ot' Wood or metal. A metal screwpin, l0, is fixed to the erect part 9 of the clip, and this screw-pin passes through a slot, 11, formed for it in the erect part 6 of the back, and a nut, 12, is screwed upon it externally'u The angle formed between the bottom part 8 and erect part 9 ofthe clip is made slightly greater than the internal angle between the bottom part 5 and erect part 6 of the back, and when papers are putin between the back-board 4: and the Hap 7, and the clip 8 9 is held down upon them while the screw-nut 12 is being tightened, the nipping pressure of the outer edge ofthe bottom part 8 of the clip is increased. A tongue, 13, of leather or other suitable material, is attached to the back'board 4, by which to suspend the holder on a nail or hook, and the flap is held closed by an elastic loop, 14, through which the tongue 13 passes.

l claim as my invention- The combination of the right-angled parts 5 6 with the adjustable clip, having rightangled, or nearly right-angled, parts 8 9, and with boards or iiaps 4 7, the clip being xed by the clamping-screw 12, and the Whole forming a holder for papers and documents, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD CASPER.

Witnesses:

J AMES BURBRIDGE, FREDERIQK SOHOEIRLD, 

